What is your opinion of the Patriots kneeling for the anthem?

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Roger Goodell and his billionaire overlords should send a bouquet to the White House. The league has never looked better, thanks to President Donald Trump’s incessant attacks on black players who kneel during the national anthem to protest racial inequality. And the best part is, all the...

CANTON -- When Kyrie Irving took to the makeshift podium in an office cafeteria and spoke at Celtics Media Day on Monday, conversations and keyboard clacks froze like a defender trying to guard him, and everybody listened. And it didn’t take long for Irving to deliver the goods he debuted during an...

The Patriots defense should be buying Tom Brady dinner every night this week — or at least a few extra servings of avocado ice cream. Without Brady’s magical 75-yard, game-winning touchdown drive with 2:24 left on the clock to steal the win against the Texans on Sunday, the theme of the week would...

CANTON --- The “stick to sports” contingent may want to tune out this NBA season. Donald Trump’s vulgar condemnation of athletes who protest during the national anthem was the preeminent topic at league press availabilities across the country Monday, with several stars and coaches weighing in...

The Patriots, we were once memorably told, have a Trump problem. Maybe there's still time to fix it. Football's signature franchise may not have been at the forefront of the resistance over the weekend, but even its belated words carry considerable weight. No team in any sport was more tied to...

FOXBORO -- Wide receiver Brandin Cooks began his afternoon like 15 of his Patriots teammates: with his knee on the Gillette Stadium turf in a form of silent protest. But when it mattered most -- with 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Patriots trailing by five points -- Cooks was instead...

FOXBORO — The Patriots were done. Prior to the Patriots’ final drive which began with 2:24 left on the clock, they had two straight three-and-outs and three straight possessions ending with punts. Trailing by five, it seemed like the Patriots were going to fall to 1-2 for the first time since 2012...

Donald Trump’s debased presidency is in perhaps its most perilous state yet. His week began with an unhinged tirade at the United Nations, in which he threatened to obliterate North Korea and called its maniacal dictator, Kim Jong-un, “Rocket Man.” But instead of quivering, Jong-un egged Trump on,...

My pals in the morning, Gerry and Kirk, suggest that I suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. I prefer to think of it as Trump Reality Syndrome, wherein the president's actions enrage on their own merits, no embellishment required. Every time he opens his mouth or his Twitter account, even the...

The Red Sox have spent virtually the entire second half in first place, holding off the upstart Yankees with a quiet relentlessness. For all of our complaints about likability and doubts over whether they're built to win in October, the Red Sox have been one of the toughest outs in the league all...